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Vehicle Brake System

US 11,738,726 In force
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Term ends Feb 16, 2040 · High confidence

Filed Sep 27, 2019 as application 16/499,146 · Granted Aug 29, 2023
Base term plus 689 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2018 2040
Clock starts
Mar 29, 2018
Term ends
Feb 16, 2040
Granted
Aug 29, 2023
base term patent term adjustment Updated Nov 14, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 14, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
689
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
0 of 3
Maintenance fees paid
Three maintenance fees fall due, at 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years from grant. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
2
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.

This patent's term runs 689 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 0 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

How we calculated this date

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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Mar 29, 2018, when application PCT/JP2018/013435, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 27, 2019)Mar 29, 2038High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+689 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordFeb 16, 2040High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderFeb 16, 2040High confidence

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US 11,738,726this patent
Feb 2040
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Assignments

Assignment documents as recorded at the USPTO, oldest first, with the reel and frame each was recorded at. A recorded assignment is a filed document, not a statement of current ownership, and the absence of a later one is not evidence that the last one still stands.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Sep 30, 2019
reel/frame not recorded
Masuda, Yui; Yamasaki, Tatsuya; Satoh, Hiromasa; Aoki, Yasushi; Koga, Yusuke; Kotera, Haruo; Toyota, Hiromitsu; Obika, ToshihiroNissin Kogyo Co., Ltd.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 30, 2019
reel/frame not recorded
Masuda, Yui; Yamasaki, Tatsuya; Satoh, Hiromasa; Aoki, Yasushi; Koga, Yusuke; Kotera, Haruo; Toyota, Hiromitsu; Obika, ToshihiroVeoneer Nissin Brake Systems Japan Co., Ltd.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 30, 2019
reel/frame not recorded
Masuda, Yui; Yamasaki, Tatsuya; Satoh, Hiromasa; Aoki, Yasushi; Koga, Yusuke; Kotera, Haruo; Toyota, Hiromitsu; Obika, ToshihiroMitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 30, 2019
reel/frame not recorded
Masuda, Yui; Yamasaki, Tatsuya; Satoh, Hiromasa; Aoki, Yasushi; Koga, Yusuke; Kotera, Haruo; Toyota, Hiromitsu; Obika, ToshihiroNTN CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 30, 2019
Reel 50592, frame 262
Satoh, Hiromasa; Obika, Toshihiro; Koga, Yusuke; Aoki, Yasushi; Toyota, Hiromitsu; Kotera, Haruo; Yamasaki, Tatsuya; Masuda, YuiNissin Kogyo Co., Ltd.; Veoneer Nissin Brake Systems Japan Co., Ltd.; Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha; NTN CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Feb 11, 2022
Reel 59084, frame 580
Veoneer Nissin Brake Systems Japan Co., Ltd.Nissin Brake Systems Co., Ltd.Change of Name
Feb 11, 2022
Reel 59084, frame 719
Nissin Kogyo Co., Ltd.Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.Merger
Feb 11, 2022
Reel 59122, frame 523
Hitachi Astemo Ueda Co., Ltd.Hitachi Astemo Ueda Co., Ltd.Change of Address
Feb 11, 2022
Reel 59084, frame 629
Nissin Brake Systems Co., Ltd.Hitachi Astemo Ueda Co., Ltd.Change of Name
Aug 25, 2025
Reel 72580, frame 99
Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.Astemo, Ltd.Change of Name
Apr 27, 2026
Reel 75483, frame 159
Hitachi Astemo Ueda, Co., Ltd.Astemo Ueda, Ltd.Change of Name

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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